Story City

Create & sell walkable adventures in your city

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Story City’s intuitive no-code Creator Tools and templates empower you to create and monetise immersive walkable experiences that come to life as adventurers are guided through the real-world locations of your branching narrative, powered by our GPS app.
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Em Craven
Hi Product Hunt 👋👋 Why go on a boring old walk when you can be a secret agent 🕵️? Have you ever read a story and wish you could be in it? Struggling with how to bring your city back to life post-pandemic? If so, we’re excited for you all to check out Story City! 🙃 ✨WHY THIS?✨ Our mission is to help creators build a career in the cities that they love, by telling stories you can live. Story City allows creators to make and sell stories, games, and real-life choose-your-adventures that only open when you’re standing in the right location. We created Story City for 3 reasons: 🧙‍♀️We wanted to actually be a part of a story rather than just being told it. We wanted to experience our own city, connect with friends, and do something more interesting than collecting Pokemon in a park. 🎭But we were non-technical creators - fiction writers, theatre-makers, musicians and filmmakers. Traditional AR/Animated creatures wasn’t really our jam. What was our version of interactive entertainment? What was our version of Pokemon Go but for film, books, music, theatre, tours? 🏙️Our cities are struggling, *hard*. How could we help creators, cities, businesses, festivals activate public space with technology in a way that was fun, relevant and long-running? Story City makes you the hero of your own story, not only giving you the chance to take part in adventures in cities across the world, but a way to easily create and sell these adventures without needing to know how to code or animate. Whether you’re an independent creator (*welcome* writers, theatre-makers, musicians filmmakers and more!) or an organisation (******hello****** cultural districts, community leagues and downtown revitalisation orgs), you can make interactive stories an adventurer can literally step into and live. 🌎EXPLORE WITH STORIES MADE BY YOU🌏 Once you make a story using our Creator Tools, each story unlocks at a particular start point and from there can either follow one path or branch off into dozens of different locations around the city (and which ones you visit will depend on the path you pick through the adventure). Our Creator Tools are accessible from any desktop webbrowser and are: 🎉 Free for creators to use: We only make money if you make money 👾 No-code: Just add in your chapters and link them together, drop your pins on the map, and load in your content like you would for a blog post 🤑 Monetisable: You can set your creations as free to drive foot traffic for city revitalisation or to augment events, or set a sale price to build an additional revenue stream as a creator, or perhaps fundraising for a good cause. 🪄 Updateable: Any changes or updates you make to your content after going live gets immediately pushed to the app 🌈 Full of Resources: We’ve got the resources you need to inspire you to make everything from a choose your adventure, to a fitness walk, to a scavenger hunt, with resources from videos to templates to weekly Twitch Streams. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction, a musical journey or scavenger hunt, all stories on Story City are made by creators - like YOU - who know their cities best. You don’t need to be tech-savvy. You can use the methods you already know and love to create with, and our Creator Tools do the rest! We can’t wait to hear your feedback, and see what you create! You can sign up for your free creator account here and start creating now: https://about.storycity.app/crea... And if you’re a curious adventurer, you can download the Story City App here (So far we have adventures in Western Canada and Australia): https://about.storycity.app/down... Warmly, Emily
Em Craven
We'll be live on Twitch today at https://www.twitch.tv/storycity at 3pm PST - come on by, say hi, and ask any questions you'd like live answered. Would love any feedback you have!
Daniel Brantley
Congrats on the launch this is a very cool idea After reading and going through it I realized how amazing it is But the website seems not to be responsive on my mobile device. I do not know why tho ..
Em Craven
@daniel_brantley Thanks so much for dropping by! So the link we have for the website is direct to the tools which is currently not optimised for mobile but for use on desktop browsers. But that is a top priority in the road map once we iron out the feedback for the desktop browser version - and appreciate that that is your first instinct as a creator to be mobile first. You can see more at our creator landing page here on mobile: https://about.storycity.app/crea... Any other feedback or comments don't hesitate to drop another message!
Daniel Brantley
@emilycraven thanks I will check it out!
Brett Ludwig
@daniel_brantley Thanks Daniel, our creator tools are best served on the desktop - creating a story usually requires some keyboard typing and we found that people were most effective when creating them on a desktop. We are planning on adding mobile support depending on feedback like yours!
Daniel Brantley
@brettludwig that’s great I had the opportunity to actually check it out on my PC when i was less busy and it turned out to be great.
Em Craven
@brettludwig @daniel_brantley Amazing, thank you so much for taking the time to do that! Glad the desktop version worked well and will look at prioritizing a mobile responsiveness for the tools.
Urav Parker
Cool, Congrats Em & team on your launch!
Em Craven
@ura_m Many thanks for your support! Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Justin Khan
@ura_m Thanks Urav! If you get a chance to check out the Creator Tools, we'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
Brett Ludwig
@ura_m Appreciate it! We've been looking forward to this launch.
Brett Ludwig
Hello Product Hunt! I'm Brett Ludwig, CTO at Story City. I'm thrilled to share our latest achievement with you - the Story City Creator Tools. Developing these tools was quite the adventure in itself, filled with coding marathons, brainstorming sessions, and a fair share of head-scratching moments. But every challenge faced was an opportunity to learn and improve, pushing us towards a result we're incredibly proud of. These tools are a canvas for your creativity, an opportunity to bring your city and stories to life. Whether you're a seasoned storyteller or just starting your journey, these tools are for you. They're user-friendly, fun, and just waiting for your creativity to bring them to life. So, dive in and start creating - your stories have the power to move, entertain, and inspire. Can't wait to see the amazing stories you'll create. Let's get started! All the best, Brett Ludwig
Julio Medina
This looks fun. Cool idea!
Em Craven
@juliomedina Thanks so much for your support Julio! Any questions or feedback, please let us know!
Justin Khan
@juliomedina Cheers, Julio! We'd love for you to check out the app and sample any of the free stories using Spoiler Mode! That allows you to experience any of the stories, no matter where in the world you are!
Brett Ludwig
@juliomedina It is a lot of fun! It's great seeing what different things people can create with the Creator Tools.
Mihai Marinescu
I like this idea. This can be used for tourists but also for locals. Congrats!
Em Craven
@mmarinescu88 Many thanks for dropping a comment Mihai! Our focus is actually locals first so I'd say used for locals but also for tourists ;) This mainly came out of my want to explore my own city with entertainment rather than walking tour/tourist content - think Pokemon Go but for a non-gamer. That's why you'll see templates for choose your adventures, puzzle trails and more :) Thanks again for stopping by and would love to hear any feedback you have about the app or creator tools!
Justin Khan
@mmarinescu88 You've got it, Mihai! The locals in any city are the ones we want to appeal to before tourists! It's amazing how many things folks haven't discovered in their own cities, and we hope there are stories made in every city which helps them feel like they're in a completely new environment. Thanks for the comment! We'd love to hear what your thoughts are on the creator tools and if you have any suggestions that you think could unlock the appeal for locals. Cheers!
Brett Ludwig
@mmarinescu88 You've nailed it! At Story City, we're focused on engaging with locals, helping them discover new aspects of their cities. It's fantastic to hear you resonate with that! Please share your experiences and any suggestions you might have after using the product.
Charlotte Chiang
Great launch video - that put a smile on my face afternoon. Huge congrats to the team on today's launch. This is such a great way retell the stories of how you fell in love with a city. What inspired you to start this product?
Em Craven
@charmandro yaaaas, we achieved our mission today then 😁 thanks so much for your support. We started this because we wanted to be a part of stories rather than just told them, but I was a non-technical creator. I met my cofounder who comes from a AAA gaming background and here we are! Would love to hear your favourite feature 🥰
Brett Ludwig
@charmandro We're thrilled to know our launch video brightened your day! As for the inspiration behind Story City, it sprouted from our own experiences of falling in love with different cities and their unique stories. We wanted to provide a platform that allows others to relive those magical moments and discover new ones. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing in our launch excitement!
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